In 1797 Betsy Hemmings and Melinda Colbert left Monticello for a plantation ninety miles away; Jefferson had given them to his daughter Maria on her marriage to John Wayles Eppes.
In 1797 Betsy Hemmings and Melinda Colbert left Monticello for a plantation ninety miles away; Jefferson had given them to his daughter Maria on her marriage to John Wayles Eppes.